Milton day



M. DAY.

Corn Sheller.

Patented July 14, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, MILION DAY, of Baltimorecity, county of Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvementsin Gorn-S-hellers; and I'dohereby declarethat the'following is a full, clear, and exact description of thc,same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, making partof'this' specification, in which-Figure 1 is a front view of the corn-sheller, with,'half of the caseremoved.

.. Figure-2 is arcnr view of the corn-sheller without the case.

.Figure 3 ,is 'an edge view, partly in section, showing tho cogs on therim, for a spur-gearing Figured: is a'sketch of one of" the palms. I, V

The nature of myinventionconsists in constructing a' corn-sheller withtwo'palms, each provided withtwo, three, or morefingers or tines. Thesepalms aretprcvided at each .end with slots, which work upon shanksextending entirely across the inside of the corn-sheller, and which arefastened to the rim by any convenient meansi- Upon these shanks arearranged spiral springs, extending from the rim to the slotted ends ofthe palms, which springs eause the palms'to either give or collapse,according to the size of the ear of corn to be shelled. On theoutsideofthe r i'm'thcre is arranged a series of cogs, either square across orbevelled, to

work into the'drivin g-gear wheel, of'any construction, which may beworked by hand, as with a. common crank and haindle, orany, otherconvenient way.

To enablc others skilled in the arts to make and use struction andoperation. A

' A-is the box or casing, enclosing the rim andpalms; B driving-wheel;E, the-cogs on the rim, either spur or bevelled.

b bare the tines or fingers. are arranged the springs G C. d d are theslots or holes in my invention, I will now proceed to describe itsconeach end of the palms B B, through which pass the shanks d d. e e aregrooves in the casing, by which the-machine can be fitted to acorresponding dove-tail: piece, fastened to any framing, box,-or othersuitable place. I

v A v F is the circular centre-piece or ring, to the flange of which thecase'A is fastened by means of the rivets ff.

Thissheller may be'used horizontally, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, orvertically, as shown in fig. 3, in which case the cog-wheel is entirelyencased, except atits outer edge, which is left open, in order toreceive motion direct from the.drivin'g-wheel, in which case the latterworks in independent bearings outside of the shellingmechanism. r

Thedouble case is an exact counterpart of the single case, as shown infig. 1. i I

If used as in' figs l an'd'Z, then the cars can he placed into theshelle r, and the corn and ears will drop through togethenflbutii'vertically, the ears must be fed in by the bond, whichm-ay he fromeither sid e,' and, theproper motion being'given to the driving-wheel,the ears will be drawn in, and the corn willdrop through an opening inthe case below, and the ears will fall out to one side. v

' Lam aware that palms operated by springs have been used before, but indevicesthat'dift'er from the one shown, and which fail te -possess thatdegree of practical utility which constitutes its chief recommendation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what-I claim therein asneir,"aiid desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is 4I v 1 1 The combination, in a. oorn-sheller, of two palms, B B, eachhaving three orl-more-fingers or tines, b b, to embrace theccb, with thespringsC C and shanks dd, when the latter are permanentlysccured to therim, all constructed and arranged substantially as described, and forthe purpose specified. V V

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in theprese nce of two subscribing witnesses.

MILTON DAY.

Witnesses:

S; B. Bron, A. McKEEL,

are thepal m s; C C, springs; D, the main dd are the shanks, extendingacross the inside of the cornsheller, upon which"

